Claymation Metamorphosis

Grade: 3-5
Subject: Art (science & technology integration)
Product: claymation video

Lesson Overview:

Students will:

- research metamorphosis of butterfly
- list the stages of development
- locate web images for each stage of development
- teams plan and create a storyboard for each stage of development
     - Egg
     - Young larvae
     - Mature larvae
     - Chrysalis
     - Pupa
     - Adult butterfly (2 versions)
- teams build “characters” from non-hardening clay
- set up studio (digital camera, tripod, stationary lighting)
- capture metamorphosis one frame at a time, make small adjustments for each photo (more frames = smoother transitions)
- animate: upload photos in PowerPoint or iMovie
- add music

Problem Solving: Using Big6

Collaborate with science, library and computer teachers to allow ample time for research and discussion. (Collaboration is a must since elementary art teachers only see the children for approximately 45 minutes per week.)

-Complete Big6 handout
-Visit library to review books and media on metamorphosis
-Teacher provides links to appropriate search engines
- Divide class in to research groups to locate information
- Stages of metamorphosis
- Images of metamorphosis
- Claymation
- Students locate sites with required information and complete a Web Page Evaluation for each site.

- If the site has all of the required qualities the student should bookmark the site.

- bookmark 1-2 websites each
- Print appropriate reference images

Dickblick.com (n.d.) retrieved June 24, 2008, from http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/2007lessonplans/claymation_metamorphasis.pdf

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Worksheets:
Big6: Problem Solving

Web page evaluation